Vehicle-pole tip



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI G. ALLEN, OF SANDY CREEK, NEW YORK.

VEHICLE-POLE TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,960, dated October7, 1890.

Application filed August 18, 1890- Serial No. 362,285- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEVI G. ALLEN, of Sandy Creek, in the county ofOswego, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Carriage-Pole Tips, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention pertains to safety devices connected to the front endportion of the pole of a vehicle for the purpose of preventing theneck-yoke from slipping off from the pole and the pole from dropping tothe ground in case the horses become accidentally detached from thewhiffltrees or the latter are broken.

The object of this invention is to provide a guard which shall be simplein construction, adapted to be readily applied to any carriagepole, andshall also be efficient and reliable in its operation; and to that endthe invention consists in the improved construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in theclaims.

The invention is fully illustrated in the annexed drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a side view of a carriage-pole tip embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section showingin full lines the guardin its locked position and in dotted lines in its unlocked position; andFig. 3 is a transverse section on line a; as, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

25 represents the metallic tip, secured to the end of the Wooden polePin the usual manner. To the pole and its aforesaid tip I rigidly attacha plate 0, which embraces the bottom and sides of the aforesaid partsand is perforated back of the tip 15 for the reception of the screws orpins e, by which it is fastened to the wooden pole, thus obviating thedrilling of holes into the metallic tip for the reception of theaforesaid attaching screws or pins and allowing the plate to be readilyattached to most any pole.

The front end of the plate 0 is formed with a breast or shoulder (1,adapted to resist the rearward slidingof the neck-yoke ring, whichembraces the tip t in front of the aforesaid shoulder, and thus thecollar, which is usually formed on the metallic tipt for the aforesaidpurpose, may be dispensed with.

Back of the shoulder dis a cavity a, formed in the main portion of theplate 0 underneath the tip and pole, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings,and through the bottom of the said plate extend two orifices 0 and p,for the purpose hereinafter explained.

It represents theguard, which is of the form of a hook, disposed in avertical plane underneath the tip t and having its rear end extendingthrough the orifice 0 and pivoted to the plate by a pin f passingtransversely through the plate and guard. Said end of the guardterminates with a flat face or bearing 1), as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings.

Inside of the cavity 0 is a nut n, which is elongated in the directionof the length of the plate 0 to prevent said nut from turning.

Through the orifice p of the plate passes the screw-threaded shank of athumb-screw a, which works in the nut n.

By swinging the guard h forward so as to bring its front end up againstthe under side of the tip, as shown by full lines in Fig. 2 of thedrawings, the bearing b on the rear end of said guard is carried into aplane parallel with the nut 01. Then by turning the screw (0 so as todraw the nut a down the latter is caused to press upon the bearing 1)and thus retain the guard in its aforesaid position, in which it isplaced to prevent the neck-yoke ring from slipping from the pole. Toremove the said ring from the pole, the screw a must be turned to loosenthe nut a sufficient to release the hearing I). The guard h can then beswung down, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the pole P, of the plate 0, formed with thecavityc, the hook it, pivoted to said plate and formed with the bearingb in the cavity of the plate, the nut n in said cavity, resting on thebearing 19, and the screw a, passing through the plate and engaging thenut, substantially as described and shown.

2. The combination, with the pole P and tip t, of the plate 0, embracingthe bottom and sides of the pole and tip, perforated back of the tip andformed with the shoulder 61 on its front, cavity 0 back of saidshoulder, and orifices 0 and p in its bottom intersecting the cavity,the hook h, having its rear end extending through the orifice 0 andterminated with the flat face I; and pivoted to the plate 0, the nut 02in the cavity'c, resting on the face b, and

the screw a, passing through the orifice p and I0 engaging the nut 11,substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I havehereun to signed my name this 14th day ofAugust, 1890.

LEVI G. ALLEN. [L. 3.] Witnesses:

O. H. DUELL, H. M. SEAMANS.

